Source: The Washington Post By Pat Bagley | Religion News Service Mormons have always been dead set against alcohol, except when they weren’t. The LDS abhorrence of coffee, tea, tobacco and liquor (”Lips that touch wine shall never touch mine”) was not always absolute — a point to bear in […]
Source:CNN By Matias Grez (CNN) Michael Phelps, the most decorated athlete in Olympic history, has a checkered and well-publicized history with alcohol and drug use. But is the 18-time Olympic […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY ANGELINA E. THEODOROU AND JACOB POUSHTER The idea that an independent Palestinian state can peacefully coexist with Israel has been the cornerstone of many Arab-Israeli peace initiatives in recent years. But while significant shares of Israeli Arabs and Jews are optimistic about the prospect of […]
Source: Fortune By Steve Tobak These days it seems everyone’s a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author or motivational speaker. In a digital world full of virtual personas, authenticity is quickly becoming an […]
LONDON: The favourites to become London’s new mayor on Thursday are two completely contrasting candidates: Zac Goldsmith, the son of a tycoon financier, and Sadiq Khan, the son of a bus driver from Pakistan. Polls put Labour candidate Khan, 45 and his Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith, 41, as the top two […]
Hasan Minhaj sits down with designer and actor Waris Ahluwalia to find out how Islamophobia is affecting America’s (non-Muslim) Sikh population. Watch full episodes of The Daily Show now — […]
Source: Time President Obama delivered laughs in Washington D.C. at a dinner honoring journalists Saturday, jabbing the media and the 2016 presidential candidates. Obama was giving his eighth and final […]
Madi Barney was told she could not register for future classes at Brigham Young University after she reported her rape. Photograph: George Frey/GEORGE FREY Madi Barney sat sobbing in the Provo, Utah, police department. It had been four days since the Brigham Young University sophomore had been raped in her off-campus […]
Source: Associated Press By MATTHEW PENNINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry called on Bangladesh’s leader to step up law enforcement to prevent a wave of killings targeting […]
Source: Reuters ANKARA | BY ECE TOKSABAY A Turkish court sentenced two journalists to two years in jail for blasphemy on Thursday, their newspaper said, after they reprinted a controversial […]
Source: RNS By Rosie Scammell (RNS) A German Catholic leader’s defense of religious freedom has triggered a backlash after anti-Muslim statements by far-right politicians in the country. Editor-in-Chief Ingo Brueggenjuergen of […]
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Some young Bulgarian Muslim women are reviving traditional wedding customs that were suppressed during the communist era. Love is one of the most common human […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA The death of superstar musician Prince has prompted many reflections on his life – including his religious faith. Prince, who was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, became a Jehovah’s Witness as an adult and attended services in his home state of Minnesota. Jehovah’s […]
Source: Time By Jeffrey Kluger The hardware is shaping up for a trip to the Red Planet—and soon NASA has some exciting news: a crewed landing on Mars is less than […]
Source: Time By Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue / AP (DAMASCUS) — The Syrian army and rebels unleashed deadly new attacks on each other Friday in Aleppo, with insurgents shelling a mosque during weekly prayers and government airstrikes hitting opposition neighborhoods in escalating bloodshed the U.N. decried as a “monstrous disregard […]
Source: Time Hannah Beech / Shanghai Anti-Western rhetoric heats up amid a climate of ideological tightening A Japanese child exemplifies honesty. A Russian one acts as a great friend. These […]
Source: Time By Rabbi David Wolpe David Wolpe is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles. After several Labour officials made anti-Semitic comments, it’s time for self-examination […]
Source: Time Sam Frizell Bernie Sanders is losing the primary battle, but he’s still waging a war for the soul of the Democratic Party. Now all-but eliminated from winning the […]
For years, oil analysts have suggested that Saudi reserves are nothing like the kingdom claims them to be Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 28 April 2016 Just like his adventure in Yemen, Saudi Arabia’s young Deputy Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman got it all wrong this week. It’s not Saudi Arabia […]
Source: BBC By Yalda Hakim BBC News, Kabul When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in the 1990s they were quick to ban television, along with music and theatre. The […]